Most of you probably do not know where or what this is. What you are looking at is an old Mine Slurry Impoundment (pond) from the Humphrey No. 7 Mine just outside of Morgantown. At one time, this is where they dumped mine refuse, or simply put - leftover rocks and water from mining practices of the past. At one point in the 1950s this underground mine was the largest in the state and employed thousands of workers from all over Monongalia County. This old pond is 88 acres in size and is nothing but bare mine refuse and no more water. One of my client Coal companies has purchased this land from Consol and is slowly working to recover any fuel source from the slurry in the pond while cleaning it up and reclaiming the site. That is why I was up there. Doing my job out in the freezing cold weather. FUN!
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